Data Scientist: AI & Big Data Innovator

Placements24; Benoni; On-site; ZAR 850,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Health insurance

Vacation & holidays

Professional development

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is hiring a Data Scientist in Benoni, Gauteng. The role focuses on leveraging AI and big data to extract actionable insights, build predictive models, and drive strategic decisions.

You will work with large datasets, applying advanced statistics and ML techniques, and collaborating with various business units to solve complex challenges. The ideal candidate has a strong data passion, solid AI/ML understanding, and the ability to translate complex findings into clear recommendations.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• Proven experience as a Data Scientist or in a similar analytical role.
• Strong proficiency in Python or R and libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Expertise in SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
• Familiarity with big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate machine learning models for prediction, classification, and clustering.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and define data science projects.
• Clean, preprocess, and transform data for analysis and modeling.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and reporting mechanisms.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay current with advancements in data science, AI, and ML.
• Contribute to data-driven strategies and solutions.
• Design experiments to test hypotheses and validate models.
• Ensure ethical and responsible use of data and AI technologies.

Skills

Python

R

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Statistics

Education

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Tableau

Matplotlib

Seaborn

Job description

Placements24 is hiring a Data Scientist in Benoni, Gauteng. The role focuses on leveraging AI and big data to extract actionable insights, build predictive models, and drive strategic decisions.

You will work with large datasets, applying advanced statistics and ML techniques, and collaborating with various business units to solve complex challenges. The ideal candidate has a strong data passion, solid AI/ML understanding, and the ability to translate complex findings into clear recommendations.